Bill Text: HI HB2753 | 2018 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Relating To Homelessness.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 21-1)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2018-04-27 - Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Friday, 04-27-18 at 2:00pm in Conference Room 325. [HB2753 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2018-HB2753-Amended.html
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
RELATING TO HOMELESSNESS.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
PART I
SECTION 1. Ohana is a group of closely- or distantly-related people who share nearly everything, from land and food to responsibility for taking care of children and elders. Members of an ohana, whether or not related by blood, treat each other as extended family and share generously with each other.
The legislature finds that some homelessness encampments in the islands embody this ethic of ohana and have the capacity to improve the lives of people experiencing homelessness.
The legislature also finds that, while significant strides have been made, current attempts to address homelessness in Hawaii remain insufficient. Hawaii continues to have the highest number of individuals experiencing homelessness per capita of any state in the nation. The city and county of Honolulu, which has the highest number of individuals experiencing homelessness of any county in Hawaii, has seen the number of unsheltered individuals experiencing homelessness rise over the past five years and the number of people in shelters decline during the same period despite increased investment in shelters and enforcement.
Therefore, the legislature finds that addressing homelessness requires the courage to try something new.
The legislature finds that ohana zones have the potential to serve individuals experiencing homelessness in a way that existing programs are currently unable. Ohana zones will have the goal of improving the health and well-being of individuals experiencing homelessness and providing access to needed services. The use of the term ohana is not meant to suggest that the use of an ohana zone is limited to nuclear families or people related by blood, but rather that an ohana zone provides a welcoming, safe haven where individuals experiencing homelessness and those who serve them treat each other as an extended family.
Because it is unclear what costs and benefits will accrue using the new model of an ohana zone, the legislature finds that these costs and benefits should be carefully studied, and that ohana zones should, at least initially, be temporary.
The purpose of this part is to establish a pilot program for the establishment of ohana zones, with the goal of improving the health and well-being of individuals experiencing homelessness and providing individuals experiencing homelessness with needed services.
SECTION 2. Definitions. For purposes of this part:
"Department" means the department
of human services.
"Homeless" has the same meaning as
defined in section 346‑361, Hawaii Revised Statutes.
"Office" means the department's homeless
programs office.
"Ohana zone"
or "ohana zones" means a place:
(1) That has a program to provide individuals experiencing homelessness with basic needs, including food, shelter, restrooms, showers, and other hygiene needs; and
(2) Where wrap-around services, social health care services, transportation, and other similar services are offered with the goals of alleviating intergenerational poverty and transitioning individuals experiencing homelessness into affordable housing.
SECTION 3. (a) There is established within the office for administrative purposes a three-year pilot program to be known as the ohana zone pilot program. The office, in consultation with the Hawaii interagency council on homelessness, any other appropriate agency, and people experiencing homelessness, shall serve as the administrator of the pilot program.
(b) Contracts entered into by the office pursuant to the ohana zone pilot program shall be exempt from the requirements of chapters 103D and 103F, Hawaii Revised Statutes.
(c) For the purpose of the ohana zone pilot program, the department and department of land and natural resources may develop interim administrative rules without regard to chapter 91, Hawaii Revised Statutes.
(d) The office shall consult with landholding state agencies, as appropriate, including the department of land and natural resources, the department of transportation, and the department of accounting and general services; the governor's coordinator on homelessness; people experiencing homelessness; and homeless advocates to identify and evaluate locations in which an ohana zone may be established, beginning with the locations previously identified as potential safe zone sites in the final report submitted by the working group to examine the feasibility of safe zones pursuant to Act 212, Session Laws of Hawaii 2017; provided that lands to be used for ohana zones shall be transferred to an agency suited to manage ohana zones.
The office shall also consider locations that are on private property and may inquire with private property landowners regarding the availability of the private property as a possible location of an ohana zone.
(e) The office shall consider whether there are any benefits to establishing multiple ohana zones that address specific target populations, such as individuals who are experiencing homelessness and who are frail, elderly, disabled, have a mental condition, or victims of domestic violence, or establishing ohana zones targeting the general homeless population.
(f) The
office, in consultation with people experiencing homelessness, shall establish
no later than December 31, 2018, the following:
(1) The criteria that the office will use to evaluate potential ohana zone locations;
(2) A
monthly timetable of milestones that the office expects to meet in establishing
one or more ohana zones
over the course of the three-year pilot program;
(3) The
specific, measurable, attainable, reasonable, and time-based performance
measures that the office expects to meet at the end of each fiscal year;
(4) The
evaluation criteria and
process that the office intends to use each year when reviewing the success and
sustainability of the ohana zones;
and
(5) The
monitoring and
oversight controls that the office will have over the ohana zones to identify, address, and prevent
possible fraud, waste, and abuse and ensure compliance with local, state, and
federal laws.
(g)
The office shall establish an ohana zone at one or more of the sites approved for an ohana zone no later than June 30, 2019.
(h) The construction cost of each dwelling in an ohana zone shall not exceed $15,000. At least fifty per cent of the manufacturing labor costs of each dwelling, relative to the total manufacturing labor costs of each dwelling, shall be incurred in the State. Manufacturing labor costs incurred in the State shall be evidenced by wages subject to chapter 235, Hawaii Revised Statutes.
(i)
The office shall submit reports to the legislature no later than twenty
days prior to the convening of the regular sessions of 2019, 2020, and 2021.
(1) The
report submitted no
later than twenty days prior to the convening of the regular session of 2019
shall include the following information:
(A) A summary and explanation of the process that the office engaged in to identify possible ohana zone locations;
(B) A
list of the locations considered, including the physical locations, whether the properties
were owned by state or local government or by a private landowner at the time
of consideration; the estimated cost of obtaining the use of each property; and
any remediation costs needed to make each property suitable for individuals
experiencing homelessness to reside upon;
(C) Identification of approved and rejected ohana
zone locations, and the
rationale for the selection or rejection of each site; and
(D) A
summary of the information
required under subsection (f).
(2) The reports submitted no later than
twenty days prior to the convening of the regular sessions of 2020 and 2021
shall include the following information:
(A) The milestones established pursuant to
subsection (f) that were met by the office and ohana zones established during the fiscal
year;
(B) An
evaluation of the ohana zones to
determine whether the objectives set have been met or exceeded;
(C) Any
proposed changes that need to be made to the performance measures used to
assess the achievement of program goals; and
(D) An assessment of the impact of the ohana
zone model on the homelessness
problem in Hawaii.
(j) The
pilot program shall cease to exist on June 30, 2021.
SECTION 4. There is appropriated out of the general revenues of the State of Hawaii the sum of $ or so much thereof as may be necessary for fiscal year 2018-2019 to the department of human services to implement the ohana zone pilot program, including all program costs and hiring of necessary staff.
The sum appropriated shall be expended by the department of human services for purposes of this part.
PART II
SECTION 5.
The legislature finds that the over-utilization of emergency department
services for non-emergency conditions by individuals experiencing homelessness
puts upward pressure on medical costs for everyone. When hospital bills go unpaid, institutions
are usually able to shoulder the costs in the short-term. Eventually, however, hospitals are forced to
recover costs by passing the unpaid costs on to customers who are able to pay.
The legislature finds that it is in the
public's interest to explore methods to mitigate the increasing cost of medical
care due to the unnecessary use of emergency department visits by patients
experiencing homelessness.
Additionally, the legislature finds that
identifying patients experiencing and at risk for homelessness in emergency
departments and conducting individualized assessments of those patients may
increase the likelihood that those patients will receive referrals to services
that address their particular situations.
The legislature further finds that providing these patients with referrals
to appropriate social services and other necessary services, such as
preventative medical care and mental health treatment, may decrease the number
of unnecessary, repeated emergency department visits by patients experiencing
homelessness.
SECTION 6.
Definitions. For purposes of this part:
"Advanced practice registered
nurse" means a person licensed as an advanced practice registered
nurse under chapter 457, Hawaii
Revised Statutes.
"Emergency department" means a
department in a hospital designated to provide critical care to stabilize and
support a patient's condition due to sudden illness or injury.
"Governing body" means the policy
making authority, whether an individual or a group, that exercises general
direction over the affairs of a facility and establishes policies concerning the
facility's operation and the welfare of the individuals it serves.
"Homeless" means the same as in
section 346-361, Hawaii Revised Statutes.
"Hospital" means any institution
with an organized medical staff that admits patients for inpatient care,
diagnosis, observation, and treatment.
"License" means a document issued
by the relevant department regulating the profession at issue that certifies
that an individual practicing the profession is in compliance with all existing
state and federal laws and rules.
"Medical staff" means physicians
and other individuals licensed by the State, who are permitted by law and who
have been authorized by the governing body to provide patient care services
within a facility.
"Patient navigator" means an individual
who assists patients through the continuum of healthcare as it pertains to
their specific disease, ensuring that any and all barriers to that care are
resolved.
"Physician" means a doctor of
medicine or osteopathy licensed by the Hawaii medical board pursuant to chapter
453, Hawaii Revised Statutes.
"Social worker" means the same as
in section 467E-1, Hawaii Revised Statutes.
"Social worker designee" means a
staff person other than a social worker but with similar professional
qualifications, such as nursing, psychology, psychiatry, counseling, or human
development, and two years of supervised social work experience in a health
care setting working directly with individuals and who is supervised by means
of consultation with a social worker.
SECTION 7.
(a) There is established within
the department of health for administrative purposes a pilot program to be
known as the emergency department homelessness assessment pilot program. The department of health, in consultation
with the Hawaii interagency council on homelessness and any other appropriate
agency, shall serve as the administrator of the pilot program.
(b) A
participating hospital in the pilot program shall place
multidisciplinary teams in its emergency departments. The multidisciplinary teams shall identify patients experiencing homelessness or patients at
risk of experiencing homelessness, assess the patients' current circumstances,
and refer those patients to appropriate and available social services with a
goal of reducing costs associated with chronic use of emergency departments.
The individuals on a multidisciplinary team
who provide services as part of this pilot program shall not be employees of
the State. The individuals on a
multidisciplinary team shall be either employees of the participating hospital
or individuals who are otherwise permitted by law and the governing body of the
hospital to provide social services in the hospital.
(c) Each
participating hospital shall submit to the department of health qualitative and
quantitative data as determined by the department of health to demonstrate
whether there is any correlation between interventions by a multidisciplinary
team and the repeated use of emergency departments by patients experiencing
homelessness.
(d) The
department of health shall submit a report to the legislature no later than
twenty days prior to the convening of the regular session of 2019. The report shall contain a summary and
explanation of the data submitted by participating hospitals regarding the
efficacy of emergency department intervention by a multidisciplinary team in
mitigating the number of unnecessary emergency department visits by patients
experiencing homelessness or patients at risk of experiencing homelessness. The report shall also contain findings and
recommendations, including any proposed legislation, for continuation,
modification, or termination of the pilot program.
(e) The
emergency department homelessness assessment pilot program shall cease to exist
on June 30, 2019.
SECTION 8.
There is appropriated out of the general revenues of the State of Hawaii
the sum of $ or so
much thereof as may be necessary for fiscal year 2018-2019 to the department of
health for implementation of the emergency department homelessness assessment
pilot program, including all program costs and hiring of necessary staff.
The department of health shall reimburse entities
for one-half of the expenses directly related to the emergency department
homelessness assessment pilot program; provided that no funds shall be
disbursed unless matched on a dollar-for-dollar basis by the participating
hospital. All funds designated as
matching funds by a participating hospital shall be funds expended for the
pilot program.
The sum appropriated shall be expended by
the department of health for the purposes of this part.
PART III
SECTION 9. The legislature finds that many homeless persons are known to thrive better when they have ready access to familiar support groups or family members. The intent of the return-to-home program is to ensure that those individuals who find themselves homeless in the islands are able to reconnect with support networks ready and able to receive them.
The purpose of this part is to authorize the department of human services to establish a return-to-home program for eligible homeless individuals.
SECTION 10. (a) The department of human services may coordinate a voluntary homeless assistance pilot program to be known as the return-to-home pilot program to provide eligible homeless individuals with assistance in being reunited with family and relatives in the individual's home state. The department may contract with eligible nonprofit organizations, for profit organizations, or foundations to administer the pilot program.
(b) No individual who is homeless shall be eligible to participate in the return-to-home pilot program unless:
(1) The individual's participation is completely voluntary;
(2) The individual, if on parole, probation, or awaiting a court hearing or sentencing, has proper clearance from the court to participate in the pilot program; and
(3) The individual is indigent and lacks the financial resources necessary to secure transportation to return to the individual's home state.
(c) An individual may participate in the return-to-home pilot program only once and shall sign an agreement to this effect before participating in the pilot program. The agreement shall be kept on file with the pilot program.
(d) The return-to-home pilot program shall actively seek the participation of local airlines, cruise lines, charter companies, homeless programs, travel agencies, and the visitor industry to coordinate and implement the pilot program.
(e) The return-to-home pilot program shall assist program participants with necessary and proper preparations for travel, including obtaining proper identification, accessing public transportation to the airport, providing orientation relating to airport security, and ensuring sufficient personal hygiene.
(f) The return-to-home pilot program shall cease to exist on December 31, .
SECTION 11. There is appropriated out of the general revenues of the State of Hawaii the sum of $ or so much thereof as may be necessary for fiscal year 2018-2019 for implementation of the return-to-home pilot program, including all program costs and hiring of necessary staff.
The sum appropriated shall be expended by the department of human services for the purposes of this part.
PART IV
SECTION 12. The legislature finds that individuals with mental health or substance abuse challenges are particularly vulnerable to becoming homeless. According to the 2017 Hawaii Statewide Homeless Point-in-Time count, twenty-three per cent of the homeless population reported suffering from serious mental illness, while nineteen per cent of the homeless population reported suffering from a substance abuse disorder.
The purpose of this part is to establish a pre-arrest diversion pilot project for individuals with mental health or substance abuse challenges. The pilot project shall apply to individuals who commit certain nonviolent, nonfelony offenses on state property and are referred by deputy sheriffs to the services of the department of health. The legislature is establishing the pilot project under state auspices to avoid intruding into the jurisdiction of any county.
SECTION 13. Pre-arrest diversion pilot project for individuals with mental health or substance abuse challenges; establishment. There is established a pre-arrest diversion pilot project for individuals with mental health or substance abuse challenges.
The purpose of the pilot project shall be to refer individuals with mental health or substance abuse challenges who commit nonviolent, nonfelony offenses on state property to appropriate community mental health services instead of arresting or citing them. The pilot project shall be operated in a county having a population of not less than six hundred thousand.
SECTION 14. Definitions. For the purposes of this part:
"Individual with mental health or substance abuse challenges" means a "mentally ill person" or "person suffering from substance abuse", as those terms are defined in section 334-1, Hawaii Revised Statutes.
"Nonviolent, nonfelony offense" means an offense that:
(1) Is not a felony; and
(2) Does not involve physical harm to a person's self or another person.
"Pilot project" means the pre-arrest diversion pilot project for individuals with mental health or substance abuse challenges established by this part.
"Responsible state officer" means the state executive branch officer who is assigned by the governor to coordinate and have overall responsibility for the pilot project.
SECTION 15. Responsible state officer; assignment by governor; coordination and overall responsibility for pilot project. (a) No later than September 1, 2018, the governor shall assign a state executive branch officer to serve as the responsible state officer for the pilot project.
(b) The responsible state officer shall coordinate and have overall responsibility for the pilot project.
The responsible state officer shall work with the department of public safety, department of health, department of human services, and the governor's coordinator on homelessness to establish the protocols and processes for operation of the pilot project.
SECTION 16. Pilot project basic principles. (a) The pilot project shall be operated in accordance with the following basic principles:
(1) When observing or responding to an incident that a deputy sheriff reasonably believes may constitute a nonviolent, nonfelony offense on state property, the deputy sheriff, who shall be appropriately trained under the pilot project, shall preliminarily determine, based on the deputy sheriff's reasonable belief, whether the alleged violator may be a potential participant in the pilot project;
(2) If the deputy sheriff reasonably believes that the alleged violator is a potential participant in the pilot project, the deputy sheriff shall determine whether the alleged violator has been convicted within the past three years of an offense involving violence against another person;
(3) If the deputy sheriff determines that the alleged violator has not been convicted within the past three years of an offense involving violence against another person, the deputy sheriff may:
(A) Refer the alleged violator to the department of health for assessment; and
(B) Not arrest or cite the alleged violator.
If the deputy sheriff determines otherwise, the deputy sheriff may arrest, cite, or take other action with respect to the alleged violator as deemed appropriate by the deputy sheriff;
(4) Upon receiving a referral from a deputy sheriff of an alleged violator, the department of health shall assess whether the alleged violator is an individual with mental health or substance abuse challenges;
(5) If the assessment is in the affirmative, and the alleged violator voluntarily agrees to participate in the pilot project, the department of health shall:
(A) Accept the individual with mental health or substance abuse challenges into the pilot project; and
(B) Refer the individual with mental health or substance abuse challenges to appropriate community mental health services;
(6) Upon the acceptance by the department of health of an individual with mental health or substance abuse challenges into the pilot project, the department of public safety shall have no further responsibility regarding the individual or the disposition of the alleged violation; and
(7) If the department of health does not accept an alleged violator into the pilot project, the department of health shall inform the department of public safety. Upon being so informed, the department of public safety shall arrest, cite, or take other action with respect to the alleged violator, as deemed appropriate by the department.
(b) The department of health may limit the number of individuals with mental health or substance abuse challenges that are accepted into the pilot project, based on the availability of funds for the project.
SECTION 17. Community mental health services of department of health. The department of health shall provide the community mental health services of the pilot project under the authority of chapter 334, Hawaii Revised Statutes, and any other applicable law. The department of health may contract with any qualified person to provide the community mental health services.
SECTION 18. Services of the department of human services. The responsible state officer or department of health may enter into an agreement with the department of human services for the provision of transitional housing, housing first, or other services to individuals accepted into the pilot project.
SECTION 19. Nonviolent, nonfelony offense; identification. (a) The responsible state officer, in consultation with the department of public safety, shall identify the nonviolent, nonfelony offenses under the Hawaii Penal Code, other state law, or administrative rule, the commission of which on state property may qualify the alleged violator to participate in the pilot project. In identifying the nonviolent, nonfelony offenses, the responsible state officer shall consider the following offenses, at a minimum: offenses against the possession or consumption of liquor in public or at a public place; being in a state park after hours of closure; camping on a sidewalk, beach, or other restricted public place; trespassing; obstruction; prostitution; and possession of an illegal drug.
(b) To identify the offenses, the responsible state officer may seek the advice of the judiciary, police department, or department of the prosecuting attorney of the county in which the pilot project is implemented.
SECTION 20. Timeline for pilot project. (a) During fiscal year 2018-2019, the responsible state officer and relevant state departments shall prepare to commence the pilot project on July 1, 2019.
(b) The pilot project shall be operated from July 1, 2019, until June 30, 2020.
SECTION 21. Interim report, final report. (a) The responsible state officer shall submit interim reports on the status of the pilot project to the legislature no later than January 1, 2019 and January 1, 2020.
(b) The responsible state officer shall submit a final report on the pilot project to the legislature no later than twenty days prior to the convening of the regular session of 2021. The final report shall include an evaluation of the pilot project, findings on problems and issues pertaining to the pilot project, and a recommendation on whether or not a pre-arrest diversion program for individuals with mental health or substance abuse challenges should be made permanent.
SECTION 22. (a) There is appropriated out of the general revenues of the State of Hawaii the sum of $ or so much thereof as may be necessary for fiscal year 2018-2019 for the pre-arrest diversion pilot project.
The sum appropriated shall be expended by the office of the governor for the purposes of this part.
(b) Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, the governor may transfer all or a portion of the appropriation in this section to the responsible state officer, the department of public safety, or the department of health for expenditures incurred in implementing the pilot project.
The responsible state officer, the department of public safety, or the department of health may expend any transferred appropriation for the performance of its respective duties under the pilot project.
PART V
SECTION 23. The legislature finds that the coordinated statewide homeless initiative provides important, cost-effective homelessness prevention and rapid rehousing services statewide and increases coordination through the statewide information and referral system on behalf of homeless individuals and those at risk of homelessness.
The coordinated statewide homeless initiative originated in April 2016 to help hundreds of families escape or avoid homelessness. According to Aloha United Way, since the program began, the program has helped more than one thousand four hundred households consisting of four thousand eight hundred individuals. About three-quarters of the households had been at risk of losing housing, and the rest were already homeless. Of these numbers, sixty-four per cent included children.
Accordingly, the purpose of this part is to appropriate moneys to continue and improve the coordinated statewide homeless initiative to prevent homelessness and rehouse homeless people in the State.
SECTION 24. (a) There is appropriated out of the general revenues of the State of Hawaii the sum of $ or so much thereof as may be necessary for fiscal year 2018-2019 to continue and improve the coordinated statewide homeless initiative, which shall be allocated as follows:
(1) $ for the continuation of the statewide homeless initiative; and
(2) $ for landlord outreach and liaison activities within the coordinated statewide homeless initiative,
subject to subsection (b).
(b) The following provisions shall apply to the appropriation under subsection (a):
(1) The department of human services shall:
(A) Procure the services of a master contractor to procure and oversee subcontracts for the provision of coordinated statewide homeless initiative services, in accordance with chapter 103D or 103F, Hawaii Revised Statutes;
(B) Have oversight or manage the funds expended by the master contractor;
(C) Implement fiscal accountability safeguards that address upfront payment accountability measures; and
(D) Develop policies and procedures for a fair and equitable procurement process consistent with the goals of public accountability and public procurement practices;
(2) The master contractor shall:
(A) Operate a coalition of agencies providing homeless diversion services for the State by providing short-term financial assistance to households that have entered the eviction process;
(B) Coordinate with the coordinated entry system mandated by the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development to provide navigation services and placement of homeless households into permanent housing;
(C) At a minimum, provide quarterly reports to the chairpersons of the house of representatives and senate committees on housing and human services, respectively;
(D) Develop reporting procedures and timelines for providing performance information to respective state agencies; and
(E) Be accountable for funds expended; and
(3) The master contractor may retain administrative fees of up to fifteen per cent in total from the amounts paid under the master contract between the master contractor and subcontractors;
provided further that any subcontracts to the master contract executed and using the appropriations authorized pursuant to this part shall not be subject to chapters 42F, 103D, and 103F, Hawaii Revised Statutes.
The sum appropriated shall be expended by the department of human services for the purposes of this part.
PART VI
SECTION 25. The legislature finds that the State has a gap in services for homeless individuals with severe mental illness, as these individuals often cycle between homelessness, emergency room treatment, incarceration, and hospitalization. Individuals with severe mental illness typically become chronically homeless and further burden the health care system through excessive use of expensive emergency department, inpatient treatment, and crisis services. Due to their mental illness, these individuals routinely reject offered services and remain on the street, putting themselves at risk of further injury and creating a significant burden on the communities where they reside.
The purpose of this part is to require the department of human services, in consultation with the department of health, to establish a pilot project to provide housing and mental health treatment for homeless individuals with severe mental illness who are subject to an assisted community treatment order or court ordered guardianship.
SECTION 26. (a) The department of human services, in consultation with the department of health, shall establish a pilot project to operate a facility to provide shelter and mental health treatment for homeless individuals with severe mental illness who are subject to an assisted community treatment order or court ordered guardianship, with the goal of enabling these individuals to find permanent housing through housing first programs; provided that prior to the establishment of the pilot project, adult protective services shall seek a court ordered guardianship for homeless individuals with severe mental illness and consult with the family court and other appropriate agencies about homeless individuals with severe mental illness who were subjected to an assisted community treatment order.
(b) No more than ten homeless individuals with severe mental illness may receive shelter and mental health treatment at the facility at any given time; provided that a homeless individual with severe mental illness shall provide appropriate identification documentation, including a social security card, driver's license, or civil identification card, to be eligible for shelter and mental health treatment at the facility.
(c) The department of human services shall use a suitable unused state facility to provide shelter and mental health treatment services; provided that the department shall make any necessary changes to the facility to serve individuals with severe mental illness.
(d) The pilot project shall end on June 30, . The department of human services, in consultation with the governor's coordinator on homelessness, shall submit a report detailing findings and recommendations regarding the pilot project, including findings regarding the pilot project's contribution to successfully transitioning homeless individuals with severe mental illness to permanent housing, challenges or failures of the pilot project, and any proposed legislation, to the legislature no later than twenty days prior to the convening of the regular session of .
(e) The department of human services shall enter a memorandum of understanding with the department of health and any appropriate agencies assisting the department of human services in providing shelter and mental health treatment to homeless individuals with severe mental illness subject to an assisted community treatment order or court ordered guardianship.
(f) The department of human services may adopt rules pursuant to chapter 91, Hawaii Revised Statutes, to effectuate this part.
SECTION 27. There is appropriated out of the general revenues of the State of Hawaii the sum of $ or so much thereof as may be necessary for fiscal year 2018-2019 to establish a pilot project to operate a shelter, including the hiring of a social worker and social service assistant, administrative expenses, and any necessary renovations to the facility, to provide shelter and mental health treatment for homeless individuals with severe mental illness pursuant to this part; provided that the department of human services may procure mental health treatment services pursuant to chapter 103F, Hawaii Revised Statutes.
The sum appropriated shall be expended by the department of human services for the purposes of this part.
PART VII
SECTION 28. The purpose of this part is to appropriate funds for the department of human services to plan and construct various housing projects for vulnerable homeless populations, including but not limited to youth, elderly, veterans, individuals who are disabled, and individuals with a mental illness or substance abuse challenge.
SECTION 29. (a) There is appropriated out of the general revenues of the State of Hawaii the sum of $ or so much thereof as may be necessary for fiscal year 2018-2019 for the planning and construction of various housing projects for vulnerable homeless populations, including but not limited to youth, elderly, veterans, individuals who are disabled, and individuals with a mental illness or substance abuse challenge.
The sum appropriated shall be expended by the department of human services for the purposes of this part.
(b) The department of human services shall adopt rules without regard to chapter 91, Hawaii Revised Statutes, necessary for the purpose of this part.
PART VIII
SECTION 30.
All entities that receive funds appropriated by this Act, to the extent
possible, shall enter relevant data into the homeless management information
system regarding the individuals who receive services funded by this Act.
PART IX
SECTION 31.
This Act shall take effect on July 1, 3000; provided that section 4
shall take effect on July 1, 3000; provided further that part VI shall take
effect upon the approval of the department of the attorney general.
Report Title:
Homelessness; Ohana Zone Pilot Program; Emergency Department Homelessness Assessment Pilot Program; Return-to-Home Pilot Program; Pre-arrest Diversion Pilot Project; Individuals with Severe Mental Illness; Coordinated Statewide Homeless Initiative; Report; Appropriations
Description:
Part I: Establishes and appropriates funds for the Ohana Zone Pilot Program. Part II: Establishes and appropriate funds for the Emergency Department Homelessness Assessment Pilot Program. Part III: Authorizes DHS to establish the Return-to-Home Pilot Program and appropriates funds for the program. Part IV: Establishes and appropriates funds for a pre-arrest diversion pilot project. Part V: Appropriates funds to the Department of Human Services for the coordinated statewide homeless initiative. Part VI: Establishes and appropriates funds for a pilot project to operate a facility to provide shelter and mental health treatment for homeless individuals with severe mental illness who are subject to an assisted community treatment order or court ordered guardianship. Takes effect upon approval of the Department of the Attorney General. Part VII: Appropriates funds for various housing projects for vulnerable homeless individuals. Exempts the Department of Human Services from rulemaking pursuant to chapter 91, HRS, in the planning and construction of housing for vulnerable homeless populations. Requires services providers to enter data into the homeless management information system. Effective 7/1/3000. (SD2)
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